The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1902, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1902, The— b Call TUESDAY...................FEBRUARY 4, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communieations to W. 5. LEAKE, Manager. MANAGER’S OFFICE.......Telephone Press 204 A A A A A A AP AP PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market asd Third, . F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cemts. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months DAILY CALL—By Single Month. 85¢c SUNDAY CALL, One Year }»gg WEEKLY CALL, One Yeas All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular 1o give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct complience With their requess. OAKLAND OFFICE..............1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building. Chicago. (Long Distance Telephone *‘Central 2619.”") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: ©C. C. CARLTON... Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. .30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until $:30 o'clock. 300 Haves, open until 9:30 o'clock. ZicAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 ‘o'clock. 2261 Maiket, corner Sixteenth, open tntil 9 o'clock. 1098 Va- Jencia, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until § o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. -3 Columbia—*In the Palace of the King.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Grand Opera-house—"Jim the Penman.” California—*The Pride of Jennico.” Tivoli—""The Ameer.” Chutes, Zco and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By W. H. Hord—This_day, at 10 o'clock, Thoroughbred and Trotting Stock, at 1732 Market street. e @ THE INGLESIDE ORDINANCE. UT of deference to the memory of the late O Supervisor Dwyer there was no meeting of the Board of Supervisors for business yester- day, and as the adjourned meeting to-day is expected to be short, consideration of the resolution providing for the reopening,of Ingleside Park for racetrack gambling goes over until next Monday. The ar- rangement gives the public another week in which to protest against the scheme and the Supervisors that amount of time to maturely consider it. The issue is an important one, and, furthermore, it is one concerning which the people are not indiffer- ent. Already many organizations and associations of the citizens have taken action and adopted resolu- tions concerning it. These resolutions are not in any way perfunctory. They express the earnest sen- timent of a considerable proportion of the people, and it behooves the Supervisors to give them due attention In estimating the amount of consideration due to the various resolutions the Supervisors should not overlook the difference between the intent of those who favor the scheme and that of those who oppose it. One ser desire the ordinance adopted because it will improve their business. The other set oppose the ordinance without respect to business from purely moral considerations. The sipporters of the project are men who see the probability of a gain to their bus- iness by attracting to the city the crowds that patron- ize racetracks. They are such men as brewers, saloon-keepers, cigar-dealers and dealers in hay, grain and other supplies used by horsemen. Their plea is for the pocket. They argue that the opening of the track will improve the business of the city, that it will make trade and custom for saloons, cigar stands and breweries. Every other factor of the problem is dismissed from the consideration of these men. It matters little to them what may be the moral effect upon the community, or how much of the genuine financial strength of the people may be lost by the squandering of earnings in track gambling. Their one thought is for their own pockets. The resolutions adopted in opposition to the pro- posed ordinance come from associations of quite a dif- ferent kind. They emanate from the Law and Order League, the Good Government Club, the Iroquois Club and similar organizations which exist for other purposes than that of promoting the trade of their members. The argument embodied in these resolu- tions runs to the general welfare of the community, and is based upon the evil produced in the city when racetrack gambling was in full blast at Ingleside be- fore the indignation of the public forced its cessation. These salient differences between the associations that favor the adoption of the gambling ordinance and those that oppose it must be given due considera- tion. The Supervisors cannot afford to overlook the moral seatiment of the eommunity in an issue of this kind. Finally, the pcople should bear in mind that the issue is to come vp next Monday. Let the oppo- nents of the measure be there to protest .against it firmly and emphatically. 3 Sr——— A Pennsylvania man who divorced his wife in order that he could court her again in the old lover-like way is now protesting because she wants to marry another fellow. It would be interesting to know whether his wife thinks his affliction is ihsanity or idiocy. — Ii President Roosevelt continues in his crusade public office will soon lose its vested privilege of, being 2 private snap. The President has shocked offi- cial circles by issuing an executive order forbidding servants of the Government from lobbying. Count Boni de Castellane has’ created another sen- sation in Paris. In the Chamber of Deputies the other day he delivered a memorized speech for eight minutes and said nothing to justify the slightest sus- picion of insanity. Oakland finds herself in the interesting predica- ment of being able to pay only her water bills, And this fact should not be taken as an indication that the city uses to excess the commodity for which she is able to pay. . FORLORN DEMOCRACY. N ‘the history of American parties no other such I forlorn incident is recorded as the second caucus of the Democratic minority in the present House of Representatives. The party has no straight Gov- ernor nor Legislature left in a Northern State. It has fusion power in Montana, Idaho and Colorado, and its only surviving, national representative is the minority in the House. It seems so brief a time since it controlled New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and California, to- gether with every State south of Mason and Dixon’s line, that one is attracted by the ruin and contem- plates the fall in a vein of grave philosophy. When Congress met in December McClellan intro- duced a sort of declaration of faithlessness in Bryan and Bryanism. It was laid over until after the re- cess and then came up in a full caucus and was adopted. In its gliscussion Mr. Burleson of Texas made an extended speech, in which he described the low estate to which the party has fallen from its for- mer high place. He declared that it has lost the con- fidence of the country, repels first-class men from its leadership, is no longer able to defend its ewn prin- ciples, is not possessed of its own self-respect, and that its attacks upon the Republican party excite only derision and contempt. Only unfeeling partisanship can rejoice over the pitiful picture. The condition which it implies is not wholesome for the country, but the Republican party can hardly be expected to go out with a bottle of tonic and a spoon to dose and nurse its opponent into fighting trim. Nor can the majority party be expected to do other than cuff the minority, which officially admits its incompetence and loss of self- respect. Mr. Burleson wanted to vote down the McClellan resolutions and reaffirm Bryanism. But at the end of his despairing speech the party declared that it had no jfaith in itself and the caucus adjourned after voting \I‘Ol’l that cardinal political subject and burning national issue, statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. The great issues pending were unspoken of. The Philippines tariff, and the revenue status of Cuban products, the isthmian canal and even legislation in restraint of trusts, all administrative measures of the first rank, were passed in gloomy silence. Mr. Bur- leson explained this by declaring that there are pro- tectionist Democrats in the South and free-traders in the North, imperial expansionists in the party in one place and continentalists in another, some believing that the constitution follows the flag, and others that it stays at home while the flag goes a-roving. Yet they are all trying to belong to the same party. One day the expansionists vote with the Republicanson that subject and are roundly abused by their protection- ist Democratic brethren. The next day the latter vote with the protectionist Republicans and are in turn abused by the free-trade expansionists. It is like a team of balky horses which will not both balk at once. When one wants to pull the other balks, and when the first balker wants to pull the puller takes his turn at balking, so they never get ahead at all, nor do they stand still at the same time. A minority should be useful to the country. It should not be merely an opposition, without reason nagging at all majority propositions. Properly led and inspired it performs an important function in free government. That the present minority is in- capable of doing good or doing harm is a situation novel in our politics and one that should inspire a degree of anxiety in the country. It appears that Secretary Gage did not retire from the Treasury for his health, nor for any particularly private business, for he has been foregathering with Illinois politicians to such an extent that it is be- lieved he wishes to be Senator and give Billy Mason a chance to enjoy private life. A veloped in Manchuria, where Russian in- genuity has devised a puzzle never before set ap for the study of the wise men of the nations. In its way it is quite simple, but the solution is going to be difficult, and accordingly it is not at all improb- able that other nations will imitate the example whenever they wish to undertake a great coup with safety to themselves and damage to everybody else. In its last analysis the Russian scheme is that of acting through a corporation instead of as a nation. There has been created an organization known as “The Russo-Chinese Bank.” It is dbing a land of- fice business in Manchuria. It carries on negotiations with China and demands privileges, rights and fran- chises on a large scale. Russia is not responsible for its acts. It has nothing to do with diplomacy, poli- tics or war. It is in Manchuria strictly for business, and is devoting its energies to the financing of rail- ways and to obtaining trade concessions. It deals with the Chinese Government and with the Russian Government, but exclusively as a corporation. By degrees, which are neither slight nor slow, the Russo-Chinese Bank is getting control and dominion in Manchuria. It is up to the nations to decide what they are going to do about it. China has not been asked to grant any special privileges to Russia, and accordingly nejther the United States, Great Britain, Germany nor japan has any right to complain. A | great power cannot declare war against a corporation, and so the bank is having everything its own way. Here is a new use for corporations. If it work out successfully some European corporation may buy a colonial right in South America, and ask what the Monroe doctrine has to do with the matter. Evi- dently the corporation of the future is going to be bigger than Morgan ever dreamed of. T ——— A CORPORATION DODGE. NOVEL problem for diplomacy has been de- There was a time when the people of England wished the appointment q}i‘ Kipling as Poet Laureate, but now they have reached the conclusion that things are better as they are, and if Kipling should go back to India there would be no complaints. Tiust breathed some force into the ribs of the Kentucky Railroad Commission, and now knocks the wind out of the most prized statute of railway law passed by that State. Kentucky forbids a less charge for a long than for a short haul, and the Railroad Commission is enipow. ered to enforce this regulation. The commission for- bade the Louisville and Nashville road to charge 25 cents per hundred for hauling tobacco from Franklin to Louisville while its charge for tobacco from Nash- ville. Tenn., to Louisville, a longer haul, was only 12 cents per hundred. The law especially includes freights from initial points' outside the State, and Judge Peckham for the Supreme Court decides that this is the regulation of interstate commerce and is beyond the power of the State of Kentucky. There are nimerous cases of the same kind pending in Ken. KENTUCKY LAW. HE Supreme Court of the United States has tucky, which of course all go off the docket now that the law under which they were brought is voided. As the State commission intended to use its resur- rected strength in the enforcement of this law, knocked out by the same court that knocked strength to enforce it into the commission, there is naturally much disappointment in Kentuck: According to the Express Gazette during the last twélve years 306 trains have been held up by rob- bers and 95 persons killed and 105 injured by being shot. In 1900 there were twenty-nine train robberies, but last year there were but sixteen, so it seems the industry is not thriving. e ———— CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. CCORDING to a compilation made by the New York Sun within thirty days after. the as- A sembling of Congress there were introduced no less than forty-four bills and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the national constitution. Of course some of these cover the same point, but they still make a goodly array when classified, for they show no less than eighteen distinct propositions. As presented by the Sun the list showing the num- ber of bills or joint resolutions introduced in sup- port of each measure stands thus: Election of Senators by popular vote... Federal regulation of corporations and copart- nerships ........ Inauguration day in April. Taxing power of Congress enlarged or restrict Income tax sanctioned. ‘Woman suffrage Anarchy a high crime.. Fifteenth amendment repealed. Treason defined .. Polygamists disqualified for Congress. 2 Congress to regulate marriage and divorce...... 2 Congress to regulate factory hours No Federal or State aid to sectarian ins Uniform qualifications of electors in all States.. 1 Assaulting high Federal officers a special crime 1 Limited terms for Supreme Court Justices Federal jurisdiction over use of water Six-year Presidential term ............ The fact that so many amendments are advocated is a good argument against adopting the Pennsyl- vania plau of calling a sovereign convention to amend the constitution so as to provide for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. Such a convention would probably bring to the front about as mahy amendments as there were dele- gates, and by the time it finished work there would probably be hardly enough of the original constitu- tion left to hold an inquest on. AT In the early years of the republic the adoption of constitutional amendments was comparatively easy. No less than thirteen amendments were made in the lifetime of the first generation of the people. Since then we have had none except those which were necessary to embody into the fundamental law the results of the Civil War. The difficulties in the way of further amendment now are well nigh insuperable. There has developed among the people a veneration for the constitution which was not felt by the gene- ration fhat first established it as a form of govern- ment. Moreover, experience has shown that the courts can by liberal construction fit constitutional law to the changing conditions of the country. John Marshall taught us how to make a constitution de- signed for a federal republic suit the development of a national republic. It has been found comparatively easy for the courts to give to Congress about every power needed to preserve the welfare of the people in war or in peace, and there is a fair assurance that if Congress really ought to have the powers it is pro- posed to confer by several of the amendments now before Congress a means would be found of recog- nizing their existence in some of the “implied pow- ers” which thé constitution vests in the National Government. ‘ Under such circumstances it is not likely the amendments now before Congress will occupy much* attention. The only one that has a large support is that providing for the election of Senators by direct vote of the people, and even that is not demanded half so urgently now as it was a few years ago when Senatorial election scandals were rife from the Atlantic to the Pacific. everywhere v The little nation of Belgium is making another stubborn effort to take her place among the powers of the earth. She€an't go to war, but a few days ago she indulged in a fierce, stormy, but bloodless riot in her Chamber of Deputies. A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR. - A T. LOUIS is furnishing the world with another S insgance of a prophet without honor in his own country. Such instances are so frequent that ordinarily they attract little attention and merit no special comment, but this one, while not import- ant, is sufficiently interesting to be worthy of notice. It affords a proof of the old saying that “you can’t most always sometimes tell” that a man is a liar merely becaiise he undertakes to prophesy without knowing. " Just before the recent carthquake in St. Louis a man went to the newspapers of the city and inserted a small advertisement announcing that on the follow- ing Friday there would be an earthquake. The pre- diction came true “as advertised.” -Attention having been thus diregted to the prophet, he was sought out and investigated. To the surprise of those who un- dertook the investigation the prophet expressed the greatest astonishment when informed that his prophecy had been fulfilled. It appears that between the day when he inserted the “ads” and the day when the fulfillment came he had become so absorbed in other things that he had not only forgotten all about his prediction but did riot even so much as notice that St. Louis had a shake-up. Here, then, is a remarkable prophet indeed, and it is not surprising to learn that a further examination was made of him. Asked to give a full and explicit explanation of the prophecy the prophet said: “I was told by the Lord some time ago that he intended to visit an earthquake upon St. Louis, but I supposed that he had changed his mind. T put the advertisement in the papers just.to have a little fun. It only cost me 30 cents. But I didn’t expect to tell the truth, Of course the Lord had spoken of the earthquake, but the date had been postponed indefinitely.” After maturely meditating upon that answer St. Louis came to the conclusion that such a prophet should not be permitted to run at large, and accord- ingly he has been adjudged insane and he is-in the asylum now. - e —— Echoes of another campaign, serious, dreadful and unwelcome, are filling the legislative halls at Wash- ington. It is feared that we will be forced to make our distinguished fellow-citizen the Sultan of Jolo free his army of Christian slaves. : D —_— % A Paterson male freak, who has been in jail a year because he refuses to support his family, says he will die in prison before he works. The authorities ought to establish a stone-breaking industry in the jail | yard. READY TO MARRY FOR THE FOURTEENTH TIME — DR. JAMES NICHOLAS VAN: AGED % YEARS, PREPARED TO RE- SIST THE INVASION OF AGED SPINSTERS WHO SEEK TO BE- COME THE FOURTEENTH MRS. VANN. o + R. JAMES NICHOLAS VANN of éoshen, N. Y., who is looking for his fourteenth wife, is so bothered by lonely women who want to marry him on the spot that he is becoming alarmed. He has issued a warning that undesirable women must keep away. g Any young, nice looking, plump blonde of sunny disposition may ap- ply, but all old and wrinkled come at their peril. | “A young and lovely woman,” says Dr.Vann, who is 94 years of age, “is the human heart’s delight, but the old, designing woman, who insists on marrying you whether you are willing or not, is a jackal and a beast of prey. I shall greet them as such.” . Dr. Vann was a famous hunter at one time and devoted years to the capture -of wild animals for Dan Rice, the circus man. The doctor thinks his determined attitude will scare away all the old girls. P “My first twelve wives were fair and lovely women, and are undoubtedly now with the ‘angels,” said Dr. Vann. “My thirteenth wife was not, and her name I will not mention. She is living to-day. The names of the first twelve were Susan Westbrook, her sister, Nancy, and their aunt, Mrs. Kate Westbrook, all of Milford, Pa.; Miss Mary E. Petton of Dingmans; Addie Graham of Williams- burg, Va.; Sarah E. Deerpomp of Philadeiphia; Mary Jane Conkling of Phila- delphia; Miss Susie Corwin of Milford, Pa.; Miss Annie Harding of Philadel- phia; Margaret J. Case of Denver; Miss Ada Mineholdt of Denver; Miss Julia De Wet of Indianapolis; Miss Gertrude Laymont of Indianapolis, and the ‘Belle of Orange County,” the thirteenth.” “ “Dr. Vann,” he was asked, “have you thought of the reunion which will take place In the joyous hereafter?” “Yes, indeed,” replied the old man; “if I were to meet all my deceased wives in any other place I fear the green-eyed monster would enter their hearts, but, as all is happiness over there, I shall depart this life when the final summons comes without trepidation. I know that each of my deceased wives would rather have me be happy than plodding around the world ‘alone. Therefore I intend to marry again, and I trust my fourteenth wife may be in form and feature a com- posite picture of all the rest and the embodiment of their many virtues.” ANSWERS TO' QUERIES. PERSONAL MENTION. QUEEN VICTORIA—Subscriber, City.| J. M. Patton of Mare Island is a guest The late Queen Victoria was born on the | at the Occidental. 24th of May, 1819. O. E. Williams, GEORGE MILLER—W. A., City. The horse George Miller never ran over the Bay District track. MONTANA PAPERS—M., City. The leading newspapers of Helena, Mont., are the Herald and Independent. SUN DIALS—C., City. In the Encyclo- pedia Britannica, ninth edition, volume VII, you will find sevetal pages devoted to sun dials: fully illustrated. FOUNTAIN PENS-J. H. Y., Eureka, Cal. This department does not advertise the addresses of manufacturers of foun- tain pens or any other commodity. ONE OF 1866—L. J. D., City. A five- cent piece of 1865 does not command a pre- mium. Dealers charge from 85 cents to §1 for coins of that date and denomination. A NAME-J. A. C. B, City. There is no law that will prevent a set of indi- viduals doing business under the name of “Smith's Investment , Company,” or “Jones' Commercial Company,” because the same has not been incorpdrated. AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP—McC., City. If you will visit the periodical room of the Free Public Library and consult Poole’s Index and the Cumulative Index of Periodical Literature you will find a number of magazine articles on American citizenship. TELEPHONE—Subscriber, City. When a gentleman calls a lady by telephone it is his duty to let her know who it is that is calling her up and whether he shail say “This is Smith,” or “This is Mr. John Smith” depends upon the degree of acquaintance between the persons, but as courtesy never costs anything it would be well to say “This is Mr. John Smith.” DIFFERENT COINS—J. T., Valley Ford, Sonoma Co., Cal. A gold doilar of 1856 commands a premium of 20 cents; “gold 25-cent pieces’” were never coined in United States mints. Such are jewel- ers’ charms and can .be purchased for face value; Canadian dimes of 1881 and half-dimes of 1590 do not command a pre- mium. Coins acquire a value not from their date but from their scarcity. MESCALEROS—Nimrod, City. A friend of this department wriles to the effect that the Mescaleros inquired about are a subdivision of the great Apache tribe of | Indians and that they are iocated in Ari- zona and New Mexico. R. T., the corre- spondent, adds that there are many 6ther subdivisions of that tribe among them— the Tontos, Chiricahuas, White Moun- tains, Chimehuevas and Apache-Mohaves. MOTHS—L. L., City. It is claimed that the following is a good moth exter- minator: “Spirits of wine, 500 parts; naphthaline and carbolic #eid, 10 parts | each; camphor-and essence of lemon, 5 parts each; oil of thyme, lavender and savine, 2 parts each. To be applied with an atomjizer.” It is said that benzine is also a good exterminator, but in its ap- plication care must be taken that there is no flame near. BOWLING—L. P. W., City. Your com- munication does mnot set forth that the a hotel proprietor of Springs, is 4t the Grand. Landing, is a guest at the Lick. E. W. Hale of Hale Bros.’ store at Sa ramento is a guest at the Palace. E. Berwick, a rancher of Pacific Grove, is among the arrivals at the Grand. of Inverness, is a guest at the Occidental. | Anthony Clark, a mining man of Forest Grove, is spending a few days at the Lick. | T. J. Kirk, State Superintendent of | Public Instruction, is among the arrivals | at the California. Fraacls Carolan of Burlingame, accom- panied by his wife, is spending a few days at the Palace. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—The following | Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—Mrs. Freiderich, | M. Marx, J. J. Jacklin, at the Herald Square; J. Jerome, at the Navarre; H. R. Reynolds, at the Criterion; H. G. Tor- rance, at the Astor; J. Birmingham, M. Lovell, C. C. Moir, at the Manhatta: Mrs. T. W, Draper, at the Park Avenue; D. Drysdal, at the Holland; Mrs. E. Kirk- at the Albert; R. Williams, at the Cosmo- politan. _From Los Angeles—R. E. Barry, at the Albert; J. H. Hill and wife, at the Gilse; Miss E. F. Hornes, at the Park Avenue. — = Californians in Washington. | Californians registered at the hotels to- day bach and Mrs. W. Winterbery of San Francisco; at the Willard—H. B. Chase of Riverside, T. D. Woods and wife of Santa Barbara, W. H. Hoogs and Master Levingstone Banks of San Francisco; at the National—C. L. Cordon of San Fran- cisco; at the Metropolitan—H. B. Cary of Los Angeles. .-H"H-l-l-i‘i-i-'l—l-l"!‘H-I-H-l—H—H-.‘ South, no East. no West,” which he first | .used when taunted by a Southern Senatos with being unfaithful to his section. Dur- ing the debate on the compromise meas- ures he declared: f Kentucky should to-morrow unfurl the banner of resistance unjustly I will never fight under that ban- ner. I owe a paramount alleglance to the whole Union—a subordinate ome to my own State.”” Again he said: “The Sena- tor speaks of Virginia being my country, The Union, sir, is my country.” CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION—0O:q Subseriber, Sacramento, Cal. The United States Civil Service Commission does not meet in Sacramento. There may be an ‘examination there for the Government Printing Department at Washington, D, C. Address a communication for appiica. tion. blank to the head of the Printing Department at Washington and, being an applicant, you will be notified in due time of the time and place where the examina. tion will be held.* parties to the game of bowling e e A e were playing partners, butit is to| _ be nrgnurned that they were not. | Ex. strong hoarhound candy.Townsend’ss That being the case, the two low- est, it being agreed that two should | Cal- Glace Frult ¢ perlb at Townseng'g.s pay for the game, would have to pay ir- respective of the fact that O, who scored 151, including 20 points given him, bowled less points than the lowest. The points given count just as much as it )xe hal scored by knocking down pins. Townsend's California glace fruits, S0c a Q, in fire-etched boxes Pound: Miice present for Easeora®ly Das- 5 Sarket st., Palace Hotel buliging 9> ————— B Special information supplied dally to et pucis agvs and oA Bl ol WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT—Con- | Press i '8), 510 Mont- stant Reader, City. “Sir, T would rather | 8omery street. Telephone Main 10¢2. % be right than be President” is a remark which has become proverbial. It was made by Henry Clay to Mr. Preston of Kentucky, who told him that the com- promise measures of 1850, which he had ——— The Postoffice Department has Jet a contract to an automobile company at eapolis for carry! mails fii‘l‘n the postoffice n& k' o De- making collections from the letter boxes advocated as a means of preserving the Unlon, -aulbay ml’tm.um cn.x;;u for uul = Presideney by alienating the Northern or Dr. Sanford’s Liver In: antl-slavery Whigs. Clay's motto then! gog xmmlm.vmmmw""},h and always was; " “I know no North, no Biliousness, Indigestion, Constipation, Malaria. in the business section of the city. —_——— i | | i | FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB REVIVAL A BIG SUCCESS The second assembly last evening of the Friday Night Club for this season was a brilliant affair. The event has been looked forward to with especial Interest since the first revival of the dances on January 1¢ by E. M. Greenway. Fully three hundred guests thronged Native Sons' Hall last night and the pleasure was all that had been anticipated. Many beafitiful and costly gowns were worn. The affalr was conducted on the lines of the last cotil- lon; no reception committee, but an in- formal dance to begin with and two good bands to furnish the music. As several dinners were given before the assembly the guests were a little late in arriving and dancing did not begin until 11 o’clock. An elaborate supper was served down- stairs at midnight, after which dancing was resumed unti! 3 a. m. The hall was decorated even more than on the last sim- ilar occasion. Pink was the predominat- ing color, interspersed with considerable - | foliage. The stage was solidly set with palms and other foltage. Mr. Greenway was floor manager and added much to the enjoyment of those present. In all probability the old Friday Night Club will be revived with added zest next year now that the experiment has proved 80 decided a success. The invited guests were: Miss Frances B. Allen, Faxon Atherton. Mrs. L. L. Baker, Lieutenant R. P. Brower, U. S. A.: Conrad Babcock, U. 8. A.; Mrs. Richard Bayne, Everett N. Bee, W. F. Berry, T. B. Berry, Thomas C. Berry, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas P. Bishop. Miss Leontine Blakeman, Gordon Blanding, Miss Jennie Blair, ) Mrs. James H. Bishop, S. H. Boardma Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. George D. len Bowle, Miss Sophte Borel, E. A. Brugu E. E. Brownell, Thomas H. Breeze, Wilbug S. 8. Burnett, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer B. Buckbe: Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Casey, Miss Genevieve Carolan, Miss Church, Colonel and Mrs. J. I Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs. Horace B. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chenery, Mr. and M Warren D. Clark, Miss Marion Coffin: €. Collins, U. 8. A.; William B. Coiller Miss Sarah B. Collier, Dupont Coleman, Miss Ethel Cooper, Angelo Conti, A. B. Costigan, F H. Coon and Lieutenant and Mrs. B. Cushing. F. P. Deering, Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Dean Mr. and Mrs. G. de Latour, Mr. and Mrs. R. Dimond, Miss Katherine Dillon, Miss Be tha M. Dolbeer, W. A. Drown, Miss Bernice Drown, R. McK. Duperu, H. 8. Dutton. Charles W. Farl, Miss Marion Eells Ellinwogd, R. M. Eyre, Mr. and Mrs. ayre. Fiharles N. Felton Jr. R. M. Fitz George R. Field, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fol Courtney Ford, C. G. Follis, Mrs. F. P. F: Mr. and Mrs. T. Cary Friedlander, Mrs. W. Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. K. Gibson, and Mrs. R. D. Girvin, Frank Goad, Fred Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Gri Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Grant, Enrique Grau, D. Grimwood, Miss Emma P. Grimwood. Miss Alice Hager, George E. Hall, Lieuten- ant W. G. Hahn, Miss Ethel Hager, Miss M. A. Harrington, Miss L. T. Harrington, Ralpi Warner Hart, J. R. Howell, Mr. and Mrs Robert G. Hooker, E. W. Hopkins, Miss Hoy kins, Harry M. Holbrook, Miss Frances P. Hopkins, Miss Olive M. Holbrook, Mr. and Mrs. Willard V. Huntington, Miss Edith M. Huntington, Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst. Mr. and Mrs® Paul Jarboe, Miss George Jones, Webster Jones, Paul C. Jones, Miss Virginis Joliffe. Miss Maude Kane, C. S. Kempff, Frank B. King, Miss Genevieve King, Allen P. Kittle, M A 1. | Miss Kittle, Mrs. N. G. Kittle, Percy L. King, | Gaftlard Thomas Lapsiey, | John Lawson, John B. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. W | | | | Ukiah, is at the Grand. | Miss Sallie May- J. F. Mulgrew, proprietor of SKagss | nard, George T. Marye, Charles Marks, Mr. an | Mrs. Thomas McKee, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. McCullough, a cattieman of Crows | Intesh, | MeCutchen, Mrs. W. F. McNutt, Miss M Benjamin Morgan, an old time resident | E. T. Messersmith, John Hubert Mee, Mr. Miss Lucy King, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Knight. Miss Pearl Landers, Miss Bernice Landers, Milton S. Latham, E. Lester, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Lent, George W. Lewis, A. S. Lilly, N. B. Livermore, Miss Livermore, Miss Josephine Loughborough, Miss Fannie Loughborough Mrs, Eleanor Martin, Kersey Madden, and Mrs. A. 5. Macdonald, Mr. K. Md Thomas *McCaleb, Mr. and Mrsd Latham McMullin, Athole McBean, Miss Edith McBéan, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. McNear, Miss Mc- Near, Fred W. McNear, Edwin M. McAfee, Lieutenant Robert F. McMillan, U. S. A.; Mr. and Mrs. Hall McAlllster, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. l rs. H. M. Miller, Miss Ardeila Mills, Lans izner, Cyrus Miller, Edgar Mizner, Miss J phine Moore, Herbert C. Moffatt, Mr. and Mrs, D. T. Murphy, Eugene B. Murphy, Mrs. W. H. MeKittrick. George Almer Newhall, Mrs. C. Noble, Miss Noble, Virginia H. Nokes, Mrs. Zelia Nuct | Miss Nadine Nuttall, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Nuttall. Mr. and Mrs. Robert ard, Frank L. } Owen, Miss Owen, Mr. and —_—— i patrick, at the Bartholdi; C. R. Stewart, | WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—The following | At the Shoreham—J. G. Patton of | San Francisco; at the Raleigh—H. Eiku- | ! i i | James Otis. Edgar D. Peixotto, Orrin Pe M H. D. Pillsbury, Mr. and Mrs. Sophie Pierce, Mr. and Mr: 3. Polhemus, ~Miss and Mrs. Mary Poihemu: Carter P. Pomeroy, and Mrs, Potter, dith Preston, Sidriey J. Pringle, M . Charles Page, : G. L. Rathbone, Thomas Ransom, Joseph W Reed, C. C. V. Reeves, F. Reeves Jr., L. M Robbins, Gaston E. Roussy Redmond. John ‘A. Sanborm, Mrs. Miss Salisbury, Mr. and M Mr, and Mrs, Laurence I Dr. and Mrs. Grant Seifric Miss J Searles, E. C. Sessions, Mr. and Mrs W Sherwood, Mrs. A. M. Simps ' Simpson, ' Eugene Gray. Captain’ and Mrs. W. Somers, Miss_Sprague, ace Spreckels, Stetson, Mr. Mrs, ‘Fred Tallant, H. Miss Carrie Taylor, Mr. and Mrs, M. W. Mhurs 3. W, T Joseph M. Thurston. Mr. Mrs. Joseph Tobin, Philip . Tomp Joseph O:. Tobin, Clement Tobin. Richard Tc bin, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Tubbs, Mrs. A. C. Tubbs. Laurence E. Van Winkle, T. S. Van Ness Jr., H. P_ Veeder, Miss Marie Voorhies, Migs A. N Voorhtes, Mr. and_Mrs. Cyrus Waiker, Miss Helen L. Wagner, Miss Whittell, Georze . Whippl Parker =~ Whitney, Mr. and Mrs, George Wheaton, N. N. Wiison. Miss Juliet Wiiltam. J. C. Wilson, E. A. Wiltsee, Mr. and Mr Chauncey R. Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. M. S Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wilson, Frani L. Winn, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Woods, Mr. gnd Mrs. Fred W. Zeile. Woazaee n sl Miss Jennie Blair gave a large dinner last evening at the Richelieu preceding the cotillon. Miss Georgina Hopkins was guest of honor. Covers were lald for thirty-five and the decorations were un- usually handsome. Red tulle was drape from the chandelier to various places on the long table and red roses formed the centerplece. At either end of the table maidenhair ferns were arranged with but- terflies. Red candelabra added a soft glow to the scene. The dinner was a most enjoyable affair. Those present were: na_Hopkins. Mr. McNear. Mr. and Mrs - Gus Tayior, Mr. and Mre. William Taylor, Mr. and Mrs, Laurence Scott, Mr. and Mrs. de Latour, Mr. and Mrs. Latham Mc- | Muliin, Miss Eah Huntington, Miss Pearl Landers, Miss Grace Spreckels, Miss Lillian Spreckels, Miss Georgina Jones, Miss Frances ypkins, Miss Elsie Sperry. Miss McNear, Mrs. Garceau, Mrs. Kruttschnitt, Harry Malone, Eugene Murphy, Joseph Tobtn Jr, J. D. Spreckels Jr., Prescott Scott, Edward Hopkins. Parker Whithey, Richard Hotaling, Roy Pike. Another charming dinner was given last evening by Miss Olive Holbrook for six- teen guests. Everything was perfectly appointed and the dinner was an unusu- ally pleasant one. Among the guests ‘were: Miss Sophla Plerce, Miss Mabel Lane, Miss Bernie Drown, Miss Ethel Cooper, Miss Mar- garet Salisbury, Mics Lucle King. Miss Leon- tine Blakeman, Mr. Cost Danforth Board- man, Percy King, Denis Searles, Howard Veeder ana Burbank Somers, P The assembly and hop under the auspi- ces of the “Jolly Twelve” was largely at- tended. The musio was excellent and many stunning gowns were in evidence. N e . A pretty luncheon iven by Mrs. Charles Page at her ‘P:\S -avenue resi- dence yesterday. Covers were laid for twelve. R e Mrs. A. N. Towne and Mrs. Clinton E. ‘Worden will receive to-day at their resi- dence, 1101 California street. to be their only recention day for pnnnut. as Mrs. Towne is not at all well to_take h - g A a trip South in P Ne Mrs. Isidore Burns unces '.'hlzl :’o' !-t home at .:n%:n Nn-' l:-;fl: “w o Ap'“"l'hllrlflln in February, March